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21. Railway Safety - Risks and Economics
Sammanfattning : Safety analysis is a process involving several techniques.The purpose of this thesis is to test and develop methodssuitable for the safety analysis of railway risks and railwaysafety measures. Safety analysis is a process comprisingproblem identification, risk estimation, valuation of safetyand economic analysis. LÄS MER
22. Immersion and recreational boating-related injuries in Alaska
Sammanfattning : Background: Cold water is an ever-present hazard in Alaska, and when water-related injuries occur, they often take place in remote environments, where the nearest trained emergency response teams are several hours away. Alaska’s crude drowning death rate in 2002 was 4. LÄS MER
23. New aspects of physical work load as a risk factor for musculoskeletal disorders
Sammanfattning : ABSTRACT This study investigated new aspects of physical load factors as risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders among industrial employees. The following issues were in focus: the effect of physical work load and job experience on morbidity from musculoskeletal disorders, the incidence rates and induction times for these disorders, and the triggering factors for incident low back pain. LÄS MER
24. Investigations of passive safety systems in LWRs : melt coolability with bottom coolant injection, light gas effects on a passive containment cooling system
Sammanfattning : The key objectives in introducing passive features in thesafety systems for Light Water Reactor (LWR) are to increasetheir reliability, to simplify the design of the plants and toimprove performance and economics. Component and integralsystem tests in scaled facilities are required for optimizingthe design and for certification of these safety systems. LÄS MER
25. Essays on Health Shocks and Social Insurance
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 (with Petter Lundborg and Johan Vikström): This paper provides new evidence on heterogeneity in the impact of health shocks by using register-based data on the entire population of Swedish workers. LÄS MER